Stepping inside the room, Pei Ge saw the baby with his tear-stricken face.
The child's doe eyes were swollen from crying, and his insecure gaze made one's heart ache to look at him.
"Mom!"
When he spotted her entering the room, the boy jumped off his bed and rushed to her, grabbing her thighs with his small hands.
"Mommy, mommy, don't abandon me…" the child sobbed, his voice sounding very pitiful.
Lowering her head to look at the child clinging onto her, she felt her heart melt.
Instinctively, she agreed to his request. "Mommy's not leaving; mommy's not leaving. There, there. Don't cry."
"Really, mom?"
The boy's eyes lit up when he heard her response. His swollen eyes widened in joy as he continued to look at her.
"Really."
As she spoke, she bent over to pick up the child.
She patted him gently on the head, smiling warmly.
"Mom…"